BP Welcomes Delegates to MCEDD 2019

Conference participants,

Welcome to the MCEDD 2019 conference!

The theme of this year’s conference “Remaining Competitive in a Rising Tide” is a timely one, especially with the challenges that the industry continues to face. While we seek to address these growing issues together, the world will not stand still. It’s a time in which we are seeing technologies enter unchartered waters and solutions being developed that were once thought to be impossible.

The world around us is changing, demanding us to keep up and this underpins why conferences like these are valuable. During this conference, we have an opportunity to collaborate and share different perspectives, both as operators and contractors. The relationship between these two is key to our future success and working together will be what leads us to the right and most effective solutions for our current and future deepwater projects.

There has been a lot of interest in the technical program for the 2019 conference and this should make for a meaningful next few days. You will cover the latest technologies and trends that will inform the way forward for all of us playing into the deepwater agenda.

Once again, welcome to the conference and I wish you a productive time here in London!

David O’Connor
Head of global projects, Upstream, BP

Operator Contractor Panel Session

The Operator Contractor Panel Session addresses industry challenges from both perspectives. Created as a follow-on from The Operator Forum and The Contractor Forum whereby representatives from both Forums interact with the MCEDD audience in a more open, casual environment. This session begins at 8am on the 2nd day of MCEDD 2019, Wednesday, 3 April.

Moderator: David Bloom, Corporate Client Relations Director, Subsea 7
Moderator: Kurt Abraham, Editor, World Oil, Chief Forecaster, Gulf Energy Information

		• Adrian Luckins, Vice President – Projects: Americas, North Sea & Subsea Systems, BP
		• Jean-Hervé Morard, Deputy Vice President Deepwater and Subsea, Total
		• Andrew Atkinson, Commercial Director, Baker Hughes GE
		• Mahesh Swaminathan, Vice President Commercial, McDermott
		• Stuart Fitzgerald, Executive Vice President Strategy & Commercial, Subsea 7
		• Knut Boe, Senior Vice-President for Subsea Projects, TechnipFMC
		• Mads Hjelmeland, Vice President – Processing Systems, OneSubsea – A Schlumberger Company